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AD05.07 Design & Access Statement NORTH LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY NORTH LONDON HEAT AND POWER PROJECT DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT The Planning Act 2008 The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Regulation 5 (2) (q) AD05.07 Arup | Grimshaw Revision 0 October 2015 This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility is undertaken to any third party. AD05.07 | DAS | OCTOBER 2015 | ARUP/GRIMSHAW CONTENTS Section 1 Introduction 2 Section 2 Project Brief 6 Section 3 North London Heat and Power Project 10 Section 4 Site and Context 18 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Application Site 4.3 Surrounding area 4.4 Historic context 4.5 Socio-economic context 4.6 Topography and geology 4.7 Watercourses and drainage 4.8 Landscape features and ecology 4.9 Transport and access 4.10 Visual context Section 5 Design Objectives and Process 44 Section 6 The Proposals 50 6.1 Site uses and layout 6.2 Access and circulation 6.3 Scale, height and massing 6.4 Appearance and materials 6.5 Landscape and ecology 6.6 Utilities 6.7 District heating pipework safeguarding 6.8 Carbon reduction measures 6.9 Lighting 6.10 Temporary Laydown Area 6.11 Project Stages 6.12 Building Maintenance 6.13 Safety and security Appendix A Planning Policy A1 NORTH LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY | NORTH LONDON HEAT AND POWER PROJECT | AD05.07 | DAS | OCTOBER 2015 | ARUP/GRIMSHAW SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 PURPOSE OF THIS DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT 1.3 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT STRUCTURE 1.4 THE NORTH LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 PURPOSE OF THIS DAS This Design and Access Statement (DAS) has been prepared No specific statutory requirement is set out in the Planning Act It should be noted that in respect of design the Application is to support North London Waste Authority’s (the Applicant’s) 2008 (as amended) for the production of a DAS to support DCO seeking consent for a series of parameters that define the application (the Application) for a Development Consent Order applications. This DAS has therefore been prepared in line with location, size and shape of the proposed buildings alongside (DCO) made pursuant to the Planning Act 2008 (as amended). guidance set out in: design principles that would guide the detailed appearance of a. National Policy Statements for Energy (NPS EN-1)1 and the Project. The Application is based on the parameters set out The Application is for the North London Heat and Power for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (NPS EN-3)2 outline in the Book of Plans, which identify: Project (the Project) comprising the construction, operation and criteria for good design which should be followed in a. Works Zones for each work or group of works (to establish maintenance of an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) of around 70 applications for energy infrastructure including functionality, the area in which the development can be located); and megawatts (MWe) at the Edmonton EcoPark in north London fitness for purpose, sustainability alongside good aesthetics. b. Building Envelopes (to establish the maximum building with associated development, including a Resource Recovery Section 4.5 of NPS EN-1 sets out the requirement to length, width, height and footprint). Facility (RRF). The proposed ERF would replace the existing demonstrate in application documents how the design Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at the Edmonton EcoPark. process was conducted and how the proposed design This approach is proposed as there are some aspects of the evolved; Project design that require design flexibility and cannot be This Statement, produced pursuant to Regulation 5 (2) b. In addition, the Edmonton EcoPark Planning Brief finalised in advance of the detailed design which would be (q) of the Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure Supplementary Planning Document (Edmonton EcoPark undertaken following appointment of a contractor should the Regulations 2009 (as amended) and Appendix 1 to the Planning SPD)3 (Paragraph 4.2.16) and Core Policy 38 of LB Enfield’s DCO be granted. As such, all illustrations provided in this DAS Inspectorate Advice Note 6 (June, 2012) should be read Core Strategy4, set out a requirement for the production of (see any figure name prefixed with ‘Illustrative’) should be read alongside the other information that has been submitted with a DAS for any proposed development on the Edmonton as an expression of how the parameters and proposed design the Application, in accordance with the statutory requirements EcoPark; and principles could be delivered. set out in Regulation 5, 6 and 7 of the Infrastructure Planning c. Section 9 of the Town and Country Planning (Development (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations The Design Code Principles (AD02.02) provide further design 2009 (as amended). Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2015 sets out the requirements for DAS preparation for guidance to ensure that the Project is implemented consistently planning applications under the Town and Country Planning and in accordance with the design objectives established in this Act 1990, alongside National Planning Practice Guidance DAS, and as considered within the Application. The proposed (NPPG)5 (Paragraphs 030 to 034) published in March 2014. design parameters set the framework for detailed design and would be used as the guiding framework for discharge of the In line with this guidance, this DAS explains the design relevant requirements in the DCO. This approach has been principles and concepts, the steps taken to appraise the context proposed to provide certainty to all parties as to the scope of and the design development and response to context as well as the detailed design. the approach to access. 1 Department of Energy and Climate Change (2011) Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) 2 Department of Energy and Climate Change (2011) National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3) 3 LB Enfield (2013) Edmonton EcoPark Planning Brief Supplementary Planning Document to the Local Plan 4 LB Enfield (2010) Enfield Plan Core Stratet 2010-2025 5 Department for Communities and Local Government (2015) National Planning Practice Guidance 2 AD05.07 | DAS | OCTOBER 2015 | ARUP/GRIMSHAW 1.3 DAS STRUCTURE 1.4 THE APPLICANT In addition to this introduction, this DAS comprises the following Established in 1986, the Applicant is a statutory authority sections: whose principal responsibility is the disposal of waste collected a. Section 2 Project brief - summarises the background to the by the seven north London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Project, the Applicant’s objectives for waste management in Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest (the north London and the Project brief; Constituent Boroughs) as shown in Figure 1.1. b. Section 3 The Project - summarises the key Project components and operational requirements; The Applicant is the UK’s second largest waste disposal authority, handling approximately 3 per cent of the total national c. Section 4 Site and context – describes the Application Site Local Authority Collected Waste (LACW) stream. Since 1994 as existing, including the Edmonton EcoPark and Temporary the Applicant has managed its waste arisings predominantly Laydown Area, and its wider context including key contextual through its waste management contract with LondonWaste elements which have informed the design; Limited (LWL) and the use of the existing EfW facility at the d. Section 5 Design objectives and process – describes the existing Edmonton EcoPark and landfill outside of London. design objectives that respond to the context and that have Edmonton EcoPark informed the design as well as the iterative design process that has shaped the Project; and e. Section 6 The proposals – outlines the proposals for key ENFIELD components of the Project and design development. BARNET HARINGEY WALTHAM FOREST HACKNEY CAMDEN ISLINGTON Figure 1.1: North London Waste Authority (Constituent Boroughs) NORTH LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY | NORTH LONDON HEAT AND POWER PROJECT | 3 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 4 AD05.07 | DAS | OCTOBER 2015 | ARUP/GRIMSHAW SECTION 2. PROJECT BRIEF 2.1 CONTEXT 2.2 PROJECT BRIEF SECTION 2. PROJECT BRIEF 2.1 CONTEXT 2.2 BRIEF Working with the Constituent Boroughs, North London The Edmonton EcoPark is a site of about 16 hectares which The Project includes: Waste Authority (NLWA) encourages and promotes the three is used for waste management and is protected by planning • an ERF and associated buildings, plant and works; messages of reduce, re-use and recycle through waste policies as a waste site. Current waste management activities • relocation of any existing facilities to be retained on the prevention work in the community. on the Edmonton EcoPark include the existing EfW facility; an Edmonton EcoPark; and In-Vessel Composting (IVC) facility; a Bulky Waste Recycling In 2012/13 households in north London achieved a re-use, Facility (BWRF) and a Fuel Preparation Plant (FPP). • demolition of the existing EfW facility and safeguarding recycling and composting rate of approximately 32 per cent. By of that area of the Edmonton EcoPark for future waste 2020, NLWA wants at least half of all north London’s waste to The existing EfW facility has served north London well for development. be recycled. almost 45 years and has diverted more than 21 million tonnes of the waste which would have otherwise gone to landfill. It’s had Even if this 50 per cent target is reached there would still be multi-million pound investments over the decades but it is likely waste left over that needs to be dealt with. NLWA wants to divert to reach the end of its useful life in around 10 years. waste currently sent to landfill and instead use it to generate power to homes and businesses.
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